July 30, 2025

Mortgage

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A Second Week of Declines Has Pushed Mortgage Rates Further Below 7%

Key Takeaways For a second week in a row, mortgage rates have eased lower. That’s welcome news after the massive surge earlier this month, triggered by President Trump’s various tariff announcements. Rates on new 30-year fixed-rate loans have dropped 22 points over two weeks, dipping further below the 7% mark at 6.92%. 15-year rates have

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Mortgage Rates Continue Dropping, for a Third Day in a Row

Loan Type New Purchase Rates Daily Change 30-Year Fixed 6.92% -0.07 FHA 30-Year Fixed 7.37% No Change VA 30-Year Fixed 6.51% -0.13 20-Year Fixed 6.66% -0.15 15-Year Fixed 6.00% -0.09 FHA 15-Year Fixed 6.82% No Change 10-Year Fixed 5.81% -0.24 7/6 ARM 7.41% -0.03 5/6 ARM 7.40% -0.05 Jumbo 30-Year Fixed 6.91% -0.13 Jumbo 15-Year

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Today’s Mortgage Rates, April 28, 2025

Last week, mortgage rates nearly topped 7% as markets feared President Donald Trump would fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. After he said he has “no intention” of firing Powell, rates receded. But the turmoil likely isn’t over for mortgage rates. The economic effects of Trump’s trade war have yet to play out. If tariffs

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Apollo Commercial Q1: Quality Mortgage REIT With 11% Yield (NYSE:ARI)

This article was written by Follow David A. Johnson is founder and principal of Endurance Capital Management, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company. As an investor entrepreneur, David invests in stocks, bonds, options, ETFs, REITs, real estate, closed end funds and alternative investment funds such as hedge funds and private credit. With over 30 years’

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How Your Home Mortgage Could Limit Your Career Opportunities

How Your Home Mortgage Could Limit Your Career Opportunities getty It is hard to imagine that home ownership would have any negative impact on career opportunities, but that is exactly what is happening. Many workers locked in low mortgage rates when the market was strong. Now those low rates are limiting their ability to pursue

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Mortgage rates settle down after wild ride

10-year yield and mortgage rates In my 2025 forecast, I anticipated the following ranges: Mortgage rates will be between 5.75% and 7.25% The 10-year yield will fluctuate between 3.80% and 4.70% Last week, we observed a positive trend, as the 10-year yield gradually declined from a high of 4.43% to 4.24%. This drop has also

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30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall for a Second Day

Loan Type New Purchase Rates Daily Change 30-Year Fixed 6.99% -0.04 FHA 30-Year Fixed 7.37% No Change VA 30-Year Fixed 6.64% -0.04 20-Year Fixed 6.81% -0.08 15-Year Fixed 6.09% -0.04 FHA 15-Year Fixed 6.82% No Change 10-Year Fixed 6.05% +0.04 7/6 ARM 7.44% No Change 5/6 ARM 7.45% -0.01 Jumbo 30-Year Fixed 7.04% -0.05 Jumbo

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US housing market facing new roadblocks amid trade war, rising interest rates

Buyers jumped at lower mortgage rates earlier this year, but experts say economic uncertainty amid Trump’s trade war could stall the housing market. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Home sales may be up, but behind the scenes, builders are hitting pause. Rising costs, shaky confidence and global trade tensions are creating new roadblocks for America’s housing market. 

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Shant Banosian predicts rates will drop — unless tariffs crash the economy

Spring House Hunt A Q&A with Boston-based Shant Banosian, one of the country’s country’s most successful mortgage lenders. Shant Banosian, in his Waltham office, made 1,594 loans totaling more than $1 billion in 2024. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Jim Morrison, The Boston Globe April 24, 2025 | 9:22 AM 5 minutes to read By any

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High rates for home loans are holding back the housing market

Fast-growing fruit trees for your backyard harvest Here are five fast-growing fruit trees you can plant in your backyard for a quicker harvest. unbranded – Lifestyle Rates for home loans remained high as consumer and investor confidence takes a hit amid the White House’s tariff roll-out. In the week ending April 24, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages

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